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Sunday , February 18, 2018

15 th Raid-de-Himalaya takes off

Shimla :A For six days a record 250 participants will cover 1800 km in the 15 th Raid-de-Himalaya , India’s most challenging motor sport rally which was flagged off on the outskirts of Shimla Saturday .

This time an all new scooters category and a large female contingent are taking part , organisers said .

After the ceremonial flag off today, the rallyists will set off for the first competitive leg to the popular resort town Manali.

This year the rally will run again in two different routes for the X-treme and Adventure Trial categories. Enroute, participants and their machines will brave challenges thrown by some of the highest mountain passes in the world.

The rally will culminate in Leh on Oct 12 with prize distribution to the winners .

The second leg will start from Manali and move towards Kaza via Gramphoo and Losar.

The third leg is a Kaza to Kaza Monastery necklace loop. The Raid will start from Kaza and speed towards Demul Jn, Lingti and reach Shichling, from Shichling. The route will then head back to Kaza.

The fourth leg will see the motorists move to Pang after crossing Gramphoo, Patseo and Sarchu.

Next day the fifth leg starts from Pang and heads towards Leh crossing Debring and Daat.

The final leg is a Leh to Leh loop. The drivers will start from Leh and travel towards Wari La, Khalsar from where the drivers will move back to Leh after crossing Khardung La pass, the highest motorable pass in the world. Like always there is also the adventure trial category as well.